ALESHA Dixon’s golden buzzer act on Britain’s Got Talent is a reformed ex-con who spent 15 months in prison. Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid, 34, was the stand out performer on Saturday night’s show thanks to his close to knuckle gags which had both the judges and audience in stitches.
Judge Alesha told him: “You are edgy, charismatic. I loved it.” The Sun can reveal the funnyman was sentenced to three years in prison in 2005 for a drugs offence, only to serve just under half behind bars because of good behaviour.
But Nabil now helps other vulnerable youths and the homeless to keep them on the straight and narrow. Nabil, who has helped raise over £2million for charity as part of a charity comedy tour, said: “I found myself in the wrong crowd.
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